Barb-wire stretcher.



J. E. MARGESON.

BARB WIRESTRETCHER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14. m4. 1,274,736. Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

UNITED STATES AT NT O F C -7,"

JAMES E. MARGESON, or msrnnQfinW YORK.

. BARB-'WIRE s'rnnrcnnn.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. MAReEsN,a citizen of the United States,residing at Jasper, in the county of Steubemstate of N ew' York, haveinvented certain new'and useful Improvements in Barb-Wire Stretch I wireWorking tools, and particularly to working tools especially adapted forstretchers; and Ido hereby declare the. following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as. will enable others itappertains skilled in the art to which to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in ing and splicing barbwire. I

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple device ofthis character which will be comparatively cheap to manu'-' facture, andwhich will be effective in its operation to stretch barb wire andtorepair broken wlres by twisting the ends together.

2 Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, when taken in connection with the accompanying taken on theline 2-2'of Fig. 1.

Fig. '3 is aperspective viewshowingthe 1 device positioned tosplicexabroken wire.

Referrmg particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents ahandle which is slightly enlarged adjacent one end,as in-j dicated at11, and through this enlargement is formedan elongated slotor' opening12. Disposed through the enlargement and .eX- tending across the slot isa bolt 13 on which is pivotally mounted an outwardlyextending arm 14.The outer end of this armhas theoppositely extending curveddoublepointed claws 15. a On the end of the shank 7 adjacenttheenlargement is detachably se.

cured a hook-shaped plate 16. a

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; with the hook 16 as the Referring particularly to Fig. 1, it will beseen that to stretch the barb wire 17, one of the claws 15 iscaused tostraddle the wire .7 and engage against one of the barbs 18, after whichthe hook 16 is engaged on the oppoeasily attached by means of a staple.

Patented A g. 6, 1913. Application filed January 14, 1914. Serial No.812,092. I

When it is desired to-splice a broken wire,

the ends 20 of thebroken wireiare drawn so that their barbs engage withthe claws 15 in -a crossed manner, as clearly seen in Fig. 3.

The enlargeinent'llof the handleshank 10,

is then grasped and used as a handle so as to turn the arm 14 andtwistthe ends 20 of the wire together. Whenthe wire is snfliciently twisted,portions of,the twisted ends can be cut ofl with the ordinary wirecutter.

c From the foregoing it will readily be seen that I have provlded asimple tool by means of which barb wires can -be quickly:v and easily;stretched, and by means of which broken wires can be easily. spliced bytwisting-Vtlhe broken ends together.

at is claimed is j A deviceof the character described, comprisingan armbifurcated at one end with the furcations reversely bent toform adoublediook end portion providing gripping claws projecting fromopposite sides of said arm, a lever pivotally supportingsaid arm forswmging movement, "and a relatively wide fulcrum end on the lever forpartially embracinga stationary support for the turn-.

ing of the lever upon the latter.

In testimony in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: a I

CHARLES K. M RLA'rr, BENJAMIN Munro;

whereof I aflix my signature 7 JAMES E. MARGESONQQ

